I loved wrestling. And if my parents told me I had to quit the sport 8 month's a year I would have wondered why? We are all different. No need to nock kids that have no interest in being average at 4 sports, or because they don't want to quit a sport they love for 8 months a year. My kids do gymnastics and Tae Kwon Do. And no one who signs up their kids for these sports plan on quitting it after a few months. If you quit, you lose everything you have gained! I'd suggest expert coaching, patience, less travel, less weight cutting, and more skill development, not quitting the sport. The kids don't have to wrestle 5 days a week to stay involved either. But quitting the sport 8 months a year isn't going to help most kids either. I tell kids all the time that little girls in gymnastics work way harder than they do. Heck competitive cheer leading is a year round sport for many kids!
John Smith said it best when he said "I never looked at my kids wrestling as my form of entertainment. And I think that way too many parents do, and if their son does poorly, it's as if he ruined their weekend." I agree with this statement. I got great coaching from my dad. He didn't know squat, so hired a coach to help me and my brother. After we lost, he'd say, "Do you think you competed hard? I'd say yes." And he'd say "Ok, let's go eat!" That was it! Great coach....
